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The NHS relies on local people not only to work in our services, support patients when they are ill and help them recover afterwards, but also on local volunteers who add value and support in a multitude of ways.

A review of community contributions in later life, done in partnership with the Office for Civil Society, calls on charities and the public sector to do more to support and sustain the efforts of older volunteers.

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This order enables integrated pension schemes to take account of the member’s State Pension when calculating pension payable, without breaching age related equality obligations. This consultation seeks views on these proposed changes and submissions will be accepted up until 30 January 2019.

This report argues that greater interaction between older and young people can help tackle crises facing children and young people and counter ageism in divided Britain. It calls on every nursery and school, every children’s and young people’s organisation and every local authority to link with older people’s care and housing providers, volunteers and organisations and mobilise together for the next generation.

Councils in England receive 1.8 million new requests for adult social care a year – the equivalent of nearly 5,000 a day – and despite some helpful extra funding there is still a £3.5 billion funding gap facing adult social care by 2025 just to maintain existing standards of care. Despite these tremendous pressures this publication demonstrates current examples of how councils support adult and young carers locally in a range of different ways from respite breaks to discount cards to tailored information and advice.

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